{"podcast":{"title":"Let’s Read With Lyla and Dad","slug":"let-s-read-with-lyla-and-dad-6263226","podcast_index_feed_id":6263226,"rss_url":"https://feed.podbean.com/letsreadwithlylaanddad2/feed.xml","website_url":"https://feed.podbean.com/letsreadwithlylaanddad2/feed.xml","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/20556762/2720AA49-B19D-40F3-98CB-49CC93E930AE.png","author":"Lyla & Dad","episode_count":466,"summary":"Hi, this is Lyla & Dad & we love reading great kid’s stories & hope you enjoy listening! ”What do we say, what do we say, we say.... LET’S READ!” Instagram @letsreadwithlylaanddad You can listen to more stories & request one you’d like to hear, via our Patreon; patreon.com/letsreadwithlylaanddad","last_synced_at":"2026-06-18T08:17:42.800054+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/let-s-read-with-lyla-and-dad-6263226"},"episode":{"title":"The Princess and the (Greedy) Pea, by Leigh Hodgkinson","slug":"the-princess-and-the-greedy-pea-by-leigh-hodgkinson","published_at":"2026-03-20T17:02:41+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/let-s-read-with-lyla-and-dad-6263226/the-princess-and-the-greedy-pea-by-leigh-hodgkinson","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/let-s-read-with-lyla-and-dad-6263226","url":"https://letsreadwithlylaanddad2.podbean.com/e/the-princess-and-the-greedy-pea-by-leigh-hodgkinson/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/5cx44zdj6qr6slle/episode_audio_CA1ABD7E-5C2A-45B1-A8C0-79683D898CBE.mp3","summary":"There was a green pea who swallowed a sprout. Without a doubt, a Brussels sprout. What's that about? Wow, everyone. Episode 500 of our little Podcast! I still remember the first story we recorded, The Owl who was Afraid of the Dark, back in April 2023 & thinking it would be just something for us to listen to, maybe in the car. Then we did a couple more & for some reason a few people were actually listening. An audience of a few hundred then became a few thousand & so we began reading requests & before we knew it we’d been listened over 1 million times, now, astonishingly, nearly 10m!!! This is just a Dad & his Daughter recording themselves reading books in a little bedroom in England, now with the most lovely community of families & their children enjoying our silly voices & terrible jokes. I’ve run out of ways to explain how endlessly overwhelming the lovely messages we receive are, how kind your feedback is & how incredible it feels knowing we may have made a positive difference to your children’s bedtime, school runs or their enjoyment of reading & discovering new books. Almost exactly a year today, the podcast was taken down due to unintentional copyright infringement & some rather ridiculous Spotify customer support. After a great deal of effort & stress I managed to get everything uploaded again via another platform (with the exception of one particular author) but I’d almost decided not to & to just accept defeat. But I’m so, so glad I didn’t. Ever since, we’ve connected with, been lucky enough to meet & been able to promote stories from authors who have created the most magical memories & allowed us to share them & with you. Many of you have listened to us from the beginning, when Lyla was still a todd…","meta_description":"There was a green pea who swallowed a sprout. Without a doubt, a Brussels sprout. What's that about? Wow, everyone. Episode 500 of our little Podcast! I s…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1104,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/let-s-read-with-lyla-and-dad-6263226/episodes/the-princess-and-the-greedy-pea-by-leigh-hodgkinson/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/let-s-read-with-lyla-and-dad-6263226/the-princess-and-the-greedy-pea-by-leigh-hodgkinson.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}